In 1935 William Lyon Mackenzie King warned Canadians that "Once a nation parts with the control of its currency and credit, it matters not who makes the nation's laws. Usury, once in control, will wreck any nation." According to the lawsuit, the Trudeau government's 1974 decision has resulted in the payment of $1 trillion dollars in interest to private domestic and international financial institutions. These interest payments have given banks enormous risk-free profits for over 40 years. (For more information about this lawsuit, please read the article "Liberate the Bank of Canada, Intrepid Think Tank Urges" by Murray Dobbin, published by TheTyee.ca).